Going the Distance (Weeks 1 - 6)

Because some of the readers of the Frey Family blog live outside the United States, my very wise older sister, Merrilyn, suggested I give them some idea of the distances we are traveling, so for those of you who like statistics and are curious or who live far away and would like a perspective of distances in the U.S. , here are some of the travel details.

Week 1 -- drove from Pasadena, across Arizona, through New Mexico to Las Cruces, NM/El Paso, TX : 1,409 miles

Week 2 -- drove from Las Cruces, NM to Colorado Springs, CO, but this was the week we took " . . . Another Way" (see blog entry for days 9-10) and detoured through Ft. Worth, TX,which added quite a number of miles: 1,502

Week 3 -- drove from Colorado Springs and Denver across Nebraska to Brookings, SD: 923

Week 4 -- drove from Brookings to Rapid City, SD, but the mileage includes a lot of driving around in both areas, sightseeing, of course!! 1.064

Week 5 -- drove from Rapid City through Yellowstone, doing a lot of meandering through that beautiful area, then on to Montana, down through the Grand Tetons, and across Idaho: 1,469

Week 6 -- drove from Idaho, into Oregon, and on up to northeastern Washington state, then across to Seattle, where we are currently enjoying this beautiful area: 1,233


GRAND TOTAL . . . so far? 7,600 miles

I told Neil the other day as we drove towards my sister and brother-in-law's home in a beautiful valley in northeastern Washington that we had to stay with them forever. Neil, of course, looked at me as if I was totally crazy and asked why that might be. It's so logical! It's because we had originally figured the trip would be around 7000-7500 miles, and we were almost at our quota, so we had to stop.

However, after much serious debate (NOT!), we decided to continue the trip, enjoying the visits and scenery along the way, and head on home as scheduled, which means we'll be on the road for two more weeks.

For those of you who are wondering: yes, we are enjoying "going the distance"!!